Re: Upgrading bash in PASE

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I forgot to answer the question, since it is an add on from AIX, yes, it 
can be upgraded.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 12/27/2012 5:59 AM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
> Aaron,
>
> I don't think Bash is ordinarily part of PASE, I think it has to be
> added.  I thought PASE is the Korn shell.
>
> So digging a bit:  From "Qshell for iSeries" (MCPress)  by Ted Holt and
> Fred Kulack:
>
> /"Qshell is a Unix-like interface... ...It is a Bourne-like shell with
> many features from the Korn shell.  Qshell began as a port of the ash
> shell, a Bourne-like shell from Berkely Software Design (BSD) "/
>
> So I think the Bash shell has been added to your system.  I tried that
> on my V7 box and did not find Bash.  Several of the AIX downloads
> actually work quite well in PASE.
>
>
> Jim Oberholtzer
> Chief Technical Architect
> Agile Technology Architects
>
>
> On 12/26/2012 7:58 PM, Aaron Bartell wrote:
> > >  Hi all,
> > >
> > >  I am trying to install a utility in PASE on IBMi (v7.1) but it is
> > >  failing because it states bash version 3.2.25 is required. Running
> > >  "bash --version" via "CALL QP2TERM" states I am running the following
> > >  version:
> > >
> > >  GNU bash, version 3.00.16(1)-release (powerpc-ibm-aix5.1)
> > >  Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > >
> > >  Anybody know if it is possible to upgrade the bash version on IBM i?
> > >
> > >  Aaron Bartell
> > >  www.MowYourLawn.com/blog
> > >  www.OpenRPGUI.com
> > >  www.SoftwareSavesLives.com
> > >  -- 
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